WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE STORY AND BRING YOU UPDATES ON THE AIR AND ON CLICKORLANDO.COM. A MOM AND HER TWO KIDS ARE RECOVERING TONIGHT AFTER A DOG JUMPED INTO THEIR VAN AND ATTACKED THEM. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY WERE HURT SO BADLY, ALL THREE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. IT HAPPENED AT THE SECOND CHANCE DOG RESCUE IN BUNNELL JUST OFF STATE ROAD 100. ERIC SANDOVAL IS THERE. WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED? WELL, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. MOM ARRIVED HERE AT SECOND CHANCE RESCUE, RIGHT BEHIND ME. SHE DROVE INTO THE DRIVEWAY TO GET THINGS DONE. SOMEHOW THE LAB BOXER MIX GOT LOOSE AND DARTED THROUGH THE OPEN VAN WINDOW IN HER VAN AND ATTACKED HER 3-YEAR-OLD SON WHO WAS BACK THERE. THE DOG GOT BACK IN THE CAR AND ATTACKED HER 5-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND THE MOTHER AND NOW EVERYBODY IS ASKING WHAT WENT WRONG? THIS IS THE DOG THAT FLAGLER COUNTY INVESTIGATORS SAY ATTACKED A MOM AND HER TWO SMALL CHILDREN HE'S IN QUARANTINE RIGHT NOW AT THE FLAGLER HUMANE SOCIETY WHERE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL LAUNCHED ITS OWN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT CAUSED THIS DOG TO TURN SO VIOLENT. WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY? THE OWNERS OF SECOND CHANCE RESCUE PLACED THIS CALL WHEN A BLOODY MOM DROVE TO THEIR HOUSE FOR HELP. WHAT TYPE OF INJURIES DO THE CHILDREN HAVE? THEY'VE BEEN BIT. ONE IS BIT IN THE UPPER SHOULDER AND THE BOY IS BIT IN THE FACE AND NECK. THE 27-YEAR-OLD MOM, SEEN IN HER FACEBOOK PROFILE PICTURE, SUFFERED BITES AND CUTS TO HER FACE AROUND HER EAR AND ARMS TRYING TO GET THE DOG OFF HER KIDS. HER DAUGHTER SUFFERED BITES AND SCRATCHES ON HER FACE AND SHOULDER BUT HER SON GOT THE WORST OF IT. A PUNCTURED EYE, CUTS AROUND HIS EYE AND BITES ALL OVER HIS FACE AND UPPER BODY. HE EVEN LOST A TOOTH. SO WHY DID THE DOG ATTACK? WE WENT TO SEE WHAT THE SECOND CHANCE RESCUE HAD TO SAY. THEY WOULDN'T LET US THROUGH THE GATE. CAN YOU TELL US YOUR SIDE OF WHAT HAPPENED? DEBBIE IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SHELTER IS WHO SHE TALKED ABOUT. I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH HER. SHE SAYS EVERYTHING IS BEING BLOWN OUT OF PROPORTION AND SAID THE KIDS WEREN'T THAT BADLY HURT. THEY'RE IN STABLE CONDITION THIS AFTERNOON, ALL THREE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. IN THE MEANTIME, THE DOG IS IN QUARANTINE AT FLAGLER ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY AND WILL LIKELY BE EUTHANIZED WITHIN THE NEXT 10 DAYS. SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. THE DOG JUMPED IN THE CAR TWICE. RIGHT? YES. DO WE KNOW WHY THE DOG WENT FOR THE CAR IN THE BEGINNING? WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. YOU KNOW, DEBBIE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT THIS DOG WAS DROPPED OFF ABOUT A WEEK AGO BY A HOMELESS MAN WHO HAD BEEN LIVING IN HIS CAR, AND THAT'S PROBABLY ALL HE KNEW. SO WHEN HE SAW THIS CAR, HE WANTED TO JUMP IN, THINKING THAT WAS HOME. ACTUALLY THE STORY HAS SPARKED A BIG WILDFIRE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT ANGLE OF THE STORY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW THE SHELTER WENT TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO DEFEND ITSELF, WHAT

BUNNELL, Fla. -

A Flagler County family is recovering on Friday after police say they were attacked by a dog that jumped into their van and went after them.

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Investigators say a mother had left her two kids in the van to finish up some work at the shelter when the dog ran to the van, jumped inside and attacked her 3-year-old son, dragging him to the floor and hurting his eye.

The mom was also attacked while trying to stop the dog.

Deputies said the dog then broke loose again and attacked her 5-year-old daughter.

All three were taken to the hospital and have since been released.

Second Chance Rescue's director, Debi Root, told Local 6 the children weren't as badly injured as police indicate.

She says the little boy suffered scratches and a broken nose, not a punctured eye as police claim.

On their Facebook page, Second Chance said they regretted what had happened to their volunteer.

"We are doing everything we can to help her and her family," the post reads. "She (mother) is very upset."

The post also says the Labrador/Boxer mixed breed dog was dropped off at their shelter about a week ago by a homeless man who was about to lose the car he lived in with his dog.

"He had gone to the Humane Society and could not afford the $150 drop off fee, so like everyone else, they show up at our rescue and either throw the dog over the fence or beg us to take the dog," the post reads.

Flagler Humane Society doesn't want that to be a reason for people to overload other rescue groups.

Executive Director Amy Wade-Carotenuto says they have programs in place to help lower-income people who can't afford to pay the drop off fee.

"We even have people here volunteering today that had dropped off an animal that they couldn't put any money toward, but they still wanted to help out taking care of the animal."

The dog has been quarantined for 10 days. Flagler Humane Society tells Local 6 the dog will be euthanized because of the circumstances.

Pics: Dog attack at Flagler County shelter

Pictures of the dog that deputies say attacked a family at a Flagler County shelter.

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